The Oligarch Waits (February 16, 2017)

Outside of a John le Carré novel, there may be no more perfectly embroiled middleman than Dmitry Firtash. Russia and the former Soviet republics have more than a few embattled oligarchs, but only one stands accused of being the missing link between Vladimir Putin and the Trump administration.... (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Murder, He Calculated (February 8, 2017)

A tenacious data miner has built a tool that can help find serial killers and bring down murder rates—if police are willing to use it. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

On August 18, 2010, a police lieutenant in Gary, Indiana, received an e-mail, the subject line of which would be right at home in the first few scenes of a David Fincher movie:
“Could there be a serial killer active in the Gary area?” ...

Buzz Off (October 6, 2016)

This Gene-Editing Technology Will Change the World. But Who Gets the Credit? (July 4, 2016)

Using Crispr and the Cas9 protein, these two scientists independently made the discovery of the century. Funny you should ask: No, they're not looking to share the money or the credit. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Unfreed (April 8, 2015)

The story of Rene Lima-Marin, who was accidentally released from prison 88 years early. (The Marshall Project, co-published with Matter)http://t.co/M1pTW9bFBH

One Nerd to Rule Them All (March 5, 2015)

Game of War isn't just a mobile app that, with an assist from Kate Upton, makes $1 million a day. CEO Gabriel Leydon calls it "the largest real-time concurrent interactive application ever built." (Bloomberg Businessweek)http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-game-of-war/

The Betrayal of Jasper Johns (November 17, 2014)

An Altar Boy in the Church of Hollywood (September 8, 2014)

He says he was sexually abused as a teen by some of the most powerful gay men in Hollywood, including X-Men director Bryan Singer. They say he’s lying and looking for a payout. Now, years later, Michael Egan is feeling very vulnerable again.

The Opt-Outers (November 14, 2013)

Manhattan Fold ’Em (July 1, 2013)

A high-stakes game that started off at Tobey Maguire’s house launched the career of Molly Bloom, poker hostess. Now the government, on the trail of a vast gambling ring involving the Russian mob and Carlyle Hotel gallerists, wants to end it.http://nymag.com/news/features/gambling-ring-2013-7/

Modafinil’s Moment (March 31, 2013)

Death by Car (November 25, 2012)

As crime reaches new record lows, the number of traffic-related fatalities in New York has spiked. Inside the imperfect science of traffic safety—and the beginnings of a movement to rethink enforcement.

Cheating Upwards (September 24, 2012)

A Daughter’s Revenge (April 1, 2012)

Brigitte Harris cut off her father's penis, accidentally killing him in the process, because, she says, he sexually abused her for years. In 2009, she was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, and sentenced to five to fifteen years. This week she'll have her first parole hearing. Should she be released?

I Did It: Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit? (October 10, 2010)

The story of Frank Sterling, whose coerced confession for murder sent him to jail for 18 years, and the flaws in police interrogation methods that give rise to false confessions.2011 Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award, John Jay College of Criminal Justicehttp://nymag.com/news/crimelaw/68715

“My Aircraft” (February 9, 2009)

Mercenary for Justice (Nov 2, 2008)

Pro-life zealot James Kopp murdered an upstate abortion doctor in 1998. And he might well have escaped the FBI if not for an informant whose desire for the big reward money led him to betray a lifelong friend. Now the informant tells his story for the first time, offering the inside account of how the abortion war’s most notorious assassin was finally taken down.Anthologized in The Best American Legal Writing 2009.http://nymag.com/news/features/51835/

The Gay Flannel Suit (March 5, 2007)

No Way Out (January 22, 2007)

Fighting a tenement blaze on a freezing January day now called Black Sunday, two firemen were killed and four were forced to jump out the window in a tragedy everybody thinks could have been prevented. Two years later, the survivors talk for the first time about what happened in that building.http://nymag.com/news/features/26574/

Take the Hedge-Fund Money and Run (October 30, 2006)

Angelo Haligiannis built an $80 million investment business, scammed friends, family, and a 9/11 widow out of a fortune, then walked out of his life.

Nine Blocks From Home (July 17, 2006)

Lifted out of working-class Brooklyn and propelled to Brearley, Wesleyan, Credit Suisse, and Condé Nast, Tiesha Sargeant was supposed to be a model of progressive social mobility. How did it come to pass that she was murdered in her old neighborhood?http://nymag.com/news/features/17571

On the Rabbi's Knee (May 22, 2006)

Do the Orthodox Jews have a Catholic-priest problem?National Magazine Award Nominee, Public-Interest Category, American Society of Magazine Editors http://nymag.com/news/features/17010

O'Neill Versus Osama (Dec 17, 2001)

Most of the victims of the September 11 attack seemed tragically random -- they were just going to work. Not John O'Neill. Until August 2001, he'd been the FBI's top expert on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, a lead investigator of the USS Cole and African embassy bombings. Leaving the Bureau in frustration, he'd taken a job he thought of as retirement: World Trade Center security chief. But when he died it became clear: His own life contained as many mysteries as his enemy's.http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sept11/features/5513/